Benefit for Firmin Gémier

1897

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image shows a person in full-body side profile standing and facing left. The person is holding an object in one hand and wearing an overcoat, hat, and boots. The facial features are partially obscured by the hat. The person stands before a sketchy background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.8 x 24.5 cm (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.85

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 235, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1954

  • Adhemar, Jean. Honore Daumier. Paris: Editions Pierre Tisne, 1954.

1985

  • Wittrock, Wolfgang, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, 2 vols. London and New York, 1985.

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 39, no. 37.

1998

  • Boyer, Patricia. Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 62.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone in ligature: T-L

Wikidata ID

Q75395759

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